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WILLIAM HENRY ROGERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1943 – March 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry Rogers, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- April 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 32
- WILLIAM T ROGERS IVSergeant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES ELDON ROSEStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MALCOLM RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RONALD ROYCE RYANCorporal · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS W KLEINSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 12
- GREGORY P KERNAHAN JRCaptain · Panel 43E, Line 24
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.